A mechanism for the hydrogen uptake process in zirconium alloys

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-294

  Cox, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DISSOLUTION; GAS ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; SHEET METAL; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CATHODIC POLARIZATION; MICROSCOPIC STEAM STARVATION PROCESS; TERMINAL SOLID SOLUBILITY (TSS);

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033513964     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(98)00492-9     Document Type: Article

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